Word Meaning お言葉

おことば okotoba

お言葉 is read as おことば (okotoba) and means a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.).

Meaning

English

  1. a few words (of welcome, advice, etc.)
  2. (your) words
  3. what you say
  4. what you have said

Reading

Kana

おことば

Romaji

okotoba

Writing Variants

  • 御言葉 おことば okotoba

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 22 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N3 Jōyō Grade 3 Kanken 8級 Rank 69982 Priority K

Related Vocabulary

Max. 12

お国言葉

おくにことば

local dialect

お役所言葉

おやくしょことば

bureaucratic jargon

お言葉ですが

おことばですが

with all due respect

言葉

けとば

language

話し言葉

はなしことば

spoken language

書き言葉

かきことば

written word

合言葉

あいことば

motto

花言葉

はなことば

language of flowers (e.g. the use of red roses to signify love)

山の手言葉

やまのてことば

the refined speech of the uptown residents of Tokyo

さ入れ言葉

さいれことば

sa-added word (i.e. causative forms with an extra 'sa' like 'ikasaseru' for 'iku')

流行言葉

はやりことば

buzzword

Example Sentences

7

With all due respect.

If you insist.

I'll take you up on that.

I'll take you up on that.

If you insist, I'll have another drink.

Thank you for your warm words.

I'm sorry to contradict you.